LEADER 03566nam 2200709 450 001 9910787190103321 005 20230803204637.0 010 $a3-11-038351-9 010 $a3-11-035440-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9783110354409 035 $a(CKB)3710000000229180 035 $a(EBL)1609489 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001435876 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11847859 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001435876 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11452235 035 $a(PQKB)11095915 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1609489 035 $a(DE-B1597)389166 035 $a(OCoLC)890071036 035 $a(OCoLC)891761735 035 $a(DE-B1597)9783110354409 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1609489 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11014122 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL805917 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000229180 100 $a20150212h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aScientific realism in particle physics $ea causal approach /$fMatthias Egg 210 1$aBoston, [Massachusetts] ;$aBerlin, [Germany] :$cWalter de Gruyter Inc.,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 225 0 $aEpistemische Studien : Schriften zur Erkenntnisund Wissenschaftstheorie,$x2198-1884 ;$vBand 29 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-11-035439-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart I. The recent debate on scientific realism -- Part II. Causal realism -- Part III. The quantum challenge. 330 $aParticle physics studies highly complex processes which cannot be directly observed. Scientific realism claims that we are nevertheless warranted in believing that these processes really occur and that the objects involved in them really exist. This book defends a version of scientific realism, called causal realism, in the context of particle physics. The first part of the book introduces the central theses and arguments in the recent philosophical debate on scientific realism and discusses entity realism, which is the most important precursor of causal realism. It also argues against the view that the very debate on scientific realism is not worth pursuing at all. In the second part, causal realism is developed and the key distinction between two kinds of warrant for scientific claims is clarified. This distinction proves its usefulness in a case study analyzing the discovery of the neutrino. It is also shown to be effective against an influential kind of pessimism, according to which even our best present theories are likely to be replaced some day by radically distinct alternatives. The final part discusses some specific challenges posed to realism by quantum physics, such as non-locality, delayed choice and the absence of particles in relativistic quantum theories. 410 0$aEpistemische Studien 606 $aParticles (Nuclear physics)$xData processing 606 $aPhysics$xPhilosophy 606 $aRealism 610 $aCausal explanation. 610 $aphysics. 610 $aquantum physics. 615 0$aParticles (Nuclear physics)$xData processing. 615 0$aPhysics$xPhilosophy. 615 0$aRealism. 676 $a530.1202855133 686 $aCC 3500$2rvk 700 $aEgg$b Matthias$01583573 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787190103321 996 $aScientific realism in particle physics$93866818 997 $aUNINA